Weaverville's Shiver fulfills dream

9:06 PM,
Jan. 9, 2013

Ryan Shiver

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Ryan Shiver had no shortage of opportunities to play college football on scholarship.

In the end though, the Weaverville lineman could not put a price tag on his ambition to play the sport for one of its traditionally-best programs.

Shiver said he has accepted a preferred walk-on position at the University of Miami over scholarship offers from Charlotte, Delaware State, Duquesne, Eastern Kentucky, Presbyterian, Texas-San Antonio and UNC Pembroke. ...